:: Elite 36 Book List 4-6 Grades 2026-27 ::

Author Title
Applegate, Katherine The One and Only Ivan
Chokshi, Roshani Aruh Shah and the End of Time
Clements, Andrew The Loser’s Club
Craft, Jerry New Kid
DiCamillo, Kate Because of Winn-Dixie
Dowell, Frances Phineas L. MacGuire…Erupts!: The First Experiment
Fleischman, Sid By the Great Horn Spoon!
Fritz, Jean What's the Big Idea, Ben Franklin?
Gibbs, Stuart Once Apon a Tim
Grabenstein, Chris Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library
Guterson, Ben Winterhouse
Hahn, Mary Downing Time for Andrew: A Ghost Story
Holm, Jennifer Lion of Mars
Jacques, Brian Redwall
Jones, Kelly Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer
Levine, Gail Carson Ella Enchanted
Limbaugh, Rush Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims
Look, Lenore Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School and Other Scary Things
Lowry, Lois Number the Stars
Manes, Stephen Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days
Markle, Sandra What If You Had Animal Eyes?
Mass, Wendy Bob
Morris, Chad & Brown, Shelly The Playmakers
Palacio, R.J. Wonder
Parry, Rosanne A Wolf Called Wander
Paulsen, Gary Hatchet
Pennypacker, Sara Clementine
Ryan, Pam Munoz Esperanza Rising
Soto, Gary Baseball in April and Other Stories
Spinelli, Jerry Fourth Grade Rats
Tarshis, Lauren I Survived the American Revolution, 1776
Tsang, Kevin & Katie Infinity Secret
Wells, Rosemary Lincoln & His Boys
Wilder, Laura Ingalls On the Banks of Plum Creek
Winter, Jonah You Never Heard of Sandy Koufax?!
Yee, Lisa A Royal Conundrum

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